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Mumbai: The state government is thinking of inducing rainfall by artificial means if the monsoon does not hit the city within a couple of days. The reason: Maharashtra is facing an unprecedented shortage of water owing to the delay in monsoon.
"If there is further delay, then the situation will be the worst ever. Monsoons have been delayed in the past too, but the state had never faced such a situation in the last two decades. In such circumstances, we will have to consider the experiment of artificial rainfall,'' a senior irrigation official told TOI.
As per the storage capacity of major, minor and small irrigation projects across the state, the official said as on June 20, there was only 11% water of the total capacity of dams; it was 18% on the same day last year.
In the 73 major dams, the official said less than 1,422 million cubic meter of water was available on June 20, the figure was 2,933 million cubic meter last year.
"It comes to 6% of the total capacity, as against 16% last year and 18% in 2007,'' the official said.
The situation is similar in medium and small dams. In the 201 medium dams, there was 12% water this year, as against 14% last year, while in the 1,955 small dams, there was 7% water. This figure was 9% last year. "We expect that monsoon will hit the state by June 22,'' he said.
As per the storage capacity of major, minor and small irrigation projects across the state, the official said as on June 20, there was only 11% water of the total capacity of dams; it was 18% on the same day last year.
In the 73 major dams, the official said less than 1,422 million cubic meter of water was available on June 20, the figure was 2,933 million cubic meter last year.
"It comes to 6% of the total capacity, as against 16% last year and 18% in 2007,'' the official said.
The situation is similar in medium and small dams. In the 201 medium dams, there was 12% water this year, as against 14% last year, while in the 1,955 small dams, there was 7% water. This figure was 9% last year. "We expect that monsoon will hit the state by June 22,'' he said.
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